I am trying to create a package from an existed package called "rDEA". Basically, I have adjusted and added some functions to the source .R files and the DESCRIPTION file to include Depends:. However, when I checked the package I got the following 00install.out:
* installing *source* package 'rDEA' ...
** libs
*** arch - i386
gcc -m32 -I"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.2/include" -DNDEBUG -g -D_R_=1 -DUSE_R=1 -I/include -DCHECK_GLPK_ARGS -I"d:/RCompile/r-compiling/local/local320/include" -O3 -Wall -std=gnu99 -mtune=core2 -c multi_glp_solve.c -o multi_glp_solve.o
gcc -m32 -I"C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.2/include" -DNDEBUG -g -D_R_=1 -DUSE_R=1 -I/include -DCHECK_GLPK_ARGS -I"d:/RCompile/r-compiling/local/local320/include" -O3 -Wall -std=gnu99 -mtune=core2 -c rDEA_initialize.c -o rDEA_initialize.o
gcc -m32 -shared -s -static-libgcc -o rDEA.dll tmp.def multi_glp_solve.o rDEA_initialize.o -L/lib -lglpk -lgmp -Ld:/RCompile/r-compiling/local/local320/lib/i386 -Ld:/RCompile/r-compiling/local/local320/lib -LC:/PROGRA~1/R/R-32~1.2/bin/i386 -lR
c:/rtools/gcc-4.6.3/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.6.3/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lglpk
c:/rtools/gcc-4.6.3/bin/../lib/gcc/i686-w64-mingw32/4.6.3/../../../../i686-w64-mingw32/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lgmp
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
no DLL was created
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'rDEA'
* removing 'C:/Users/Dell/Documents/rDEA.Rcheck/rDEA'
Here, it seems that the files lglpk and lgmp are not found when compiling. They are created from Makevars.win in the src as follows:`
#-*- Makefile -*-
#
PKG_CPPFLAGS=-g -D_R_=1 -DUSE_R=1 -I${GLPK_HOME}/include -DCHECK_GLPK_ARGS
PKG_LIBS=-L${GLPK_HOME}/lib -lglpk -lgmp
My questions are: How to solve this issue? Do I need to change directory? Or do I need to use GSL (GNU Scientific Library) or other compilers? and how?
Please excuse my ignorance as I am no a computer scientist nor had good programming background.
Your help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks!!
Related
I am running MRO 3.5.0 on Win10, and trying to install a package image.CannyImage from bnosac/image on the github. But it keeps reporting fatal errors as following.
* installing *source* package 'image.CannyEdges' ...
** libs
c:/Rtools/mingw_64/bin/g++ -m64 -I"C:/PROGRA~1/MICROS~1/ROPEN~1/R-35~1.0/include" -DNDEBUG -I"C:/Users/eric1/Documents/R/win-library/3.5/Rcpp/include" -I"C:/swarm/workspace/External-R-3.5.0/vendor/extsoft/include" -O2 -Wall -mtune=core2 -c RcppExports.cpp -o RcppExports.o
c:/Rtools/mingw_64/bin/gcc -m64 -I"C:/PROGRA~1/MICROS~1/ROPEN~1/R-35~1.0/include" -DNDEBUG -I"C:/Users/eric1/Documents/R/win-library/3.5/Rcpp/include" -I"C:/swarm/workspace/External-R-3.5.0/vendor/extsoft/include" -O2 -Wall -std=gnu99 -mtune=core2 -c adsf.c -o adsf.o
c:/Rtools/mingw_64/bin/g++ -m64 -I"C:/PROGRA~1/MICROS~1/ROPEN~1/R-35~1.0/include" -DNDEBUG -I"C:/Users/eric1/Documents/R/win-library/3.5/Rcpp/include" -I"C:/swarm/workspace/External-R-3.5.0/vendor/extsoft/include" -O2 -Wall -mtune=core2 -c rcpp_canny.cpp -o rcpp_canny.o
In file included from rcpp_canny.cpp:13:0:
canny.h:8:19: fatal error: fftw3.h: No such file or directory
#include <fftw3.h>
^
compilation terminated.
make: *** [C:/PROGRA~1/MICROS~1/ROPEN~1/R-35~1.0/etc/x64/Makeconf:215: rcpp_canny.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'image.CannyEdges'
* removing 'C:/Users/eric1/Documents/R/win-library/3.5/image.CannyEdges'
In R CMD INSTALL
Installation failed: Command failed (1)
^
compilation terminated.
Google says I can solve the issue by sudo apt-get remove libfftw3-dev. Unfortunately, I am on Windows, and some advised, apply lib /machine:i386 /def:libfftw3-3.def on cmd mode. Ouch, there is no such command or file called lib.exe on Win10.
Please advise, how I can solve this issue on my Win10+MRO system. Thanks.
Even though this question is already a bit old:
By now (Feb 2020) there are precompiled packages available that work also under Windows:
Canny Edges - Package
and more general:
List of all available packages
I have tried installing them and (at least for me) it worked.
I am very new to R language. Being an admin I am setting up an rserver and installing the required packages for my use of this R server with SAP HANA 1.0.
The fundamental problem here is when i am installing the rcpp.0.12.16 and getting the below error. g++ is 4.8-6.189.
Are there an incompatibilities witht the OS version R version and rccp package i am using? Please help resolving this issue.
> setwd("/Media/R/R_indep_pack")
> install.packages("Rcpp_0.12.16.tar.gz",repos = NULL, type="source")
* installing *source* package ‘Rcpp’ ...
** package ‘Rcpp’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
** libs
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -
I/usr/local/include -fPIC -c Date.cpp -o Date.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -
I/usr/local/include -fPIC -c Module.cpp -o Module.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -
I/usr/local/include -fPIC -c Rcpp_init.cpp -o Rcpp_init.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -
I/usr/local/include -fPIC -c api.cpp -o api.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -
I/usr/local/include -fPIC -c attributes.cpp -o attributes.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -
I/usr/local/include -fPIC -c barrier.cpp -o barrier.o
g++ -L/usr/local/lib64/R/lib -L/usr/local/lib64 -o Rcpp.so Date.o Module.o
Rcpp_init.o api.o attributes.o barrier.o -L/usr/local/lib64/R/lib -lR
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.8/../../../../lib64/crt1.o: In function
`_start':
/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/glibc-2.22/csu/../sysdeps/x86_64/start.S:114:
undefined reference to `main'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
/usr/local/lib64/R/share/make/shlib.mk:6: recipe for target 'Rcpp.so' failed
make: *** [Rcpp.so] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘Rcpp’
* removing ‘/usr/local/lib64/R/library/Rcpp’
Warning message:
In install.packages("Rcpp_0.12.16.tar.gz", repos = NULL, type = "source") :
installation of package ‘Rcpp_0.12.16.tar.gz’ had non-zero exit status
>
Your linker is looking for a main function since it is not told to build a shared library:
g++ -L/usr/local/lib64/R/lib -L/usr/local/lib64 -o Rcpp.so Date.o Module.o
Rcpp_init.o api.o attributes.o barrier.o -L/usr/local/lib64/R/lib -lR
Here a -shared is missing from the command line. The command line flags used here are defined via the Makevars file:
$ grep SHLIB.*LDFLAGS $(R RHOME)/etc/Makeconf
SHLIB_CXXLDFLAGS = -shared
SHLIB_CXX98LDFLAGS = -shared
SHLIB_CXX11LDFLAGS = -shared
SHLIB_CXX14LDFLAGS = -shared
SHLIB_CXX17LDFLAGS = -shared
SHLIB_FCLDFLAGS = -shared
SHLIB_LDFLAGS = -shared# $(CFLAGS) $(CPICFLAGS)
SHLIB_LINK = $(SHLIB_LD) $(SHLIB_LDFLAGS) $(LIBR0) $(LDFLAGS)
SHLIB_CXX1XLDFLAGS = -shared
Either these are incorrectly set on your system or you are overriding them via ~/.R/Makevars.
In ubuntu, in such situation, I would search for
apt search rcpp # search in central repository for \
# packages for R packages
In this case, this leads to 'r-cran-rcpp' package which I then install with
sudo apt install r-cran-rcpp
(such packages from 'r-cran-' help, because they install for you the further dependencies in the system - which are often dependencies outside of R - automatically for you. E.g. some packages require java or some other system libraries.).
Similarly, you have to search in rpm or yast2 repos for rcpp packages.
I found googling http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=R-Rcpp
or http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/4/idpl/33595438/dir/opensuse/com/R-RcppArmadillo-0.4.450.1.0-2.38.i586.rpm.html
Or: if you are using conda:
conda install -c r r-rcpp
would definitely help ...
If you don't know conda: This tutorial is super!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJC6ldI3hWk
Just spend 11 minutes and you will be able to use conda!
(With conda, you can install several R versions with all their packages in parallel in your system - sometimes you need that because some versions are not compativle with some R packages - conda creates for you different local environments within which you can install programs with all their specific dependencies. And you can switch between the environments.)
I definitely recommend you to use conda. Because this solves many package dependency problems.
This question already has an answer here:
Do I need to import RccpEigen in the DESCRIPTION file for an R package using it, or is "LinkingTo" enough?
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Closed 5 years ago.
I am building an R package whose description contains:
LinkingTo: Rcpp
The package has a fairly deep makefile structure. I know using R CMD build . creates and modifies variables such as CXX11FLAGS which must be passed down through subsequent layers of makefiles.
I suspect that LinkingTo also produces such a variable, which I must be aware of and pass along. I suspect this because, several layers down, I hit the error:
mycode.hpp:5:10: fatal error: Rcpp.h: No such file or directory
#include <Rcpp.h>
I'm not sure how to inform this file's makefile as to where Rcpp is. I suspect the hypothesized variable could be used, but I do not know that variable's name. Can anyone clarify?
Here is LinkingTo: from a smaller in-progress package of mine:
LinkingTo: Rcpp, RcppArmadillo
When compiling, these two packages are both uses via -I... switches:
edd#bud:~/git/rcppkalman(master)$ ./cleanup
edd#bud:~/git/rcppkalman(master)$ R CMD INSTALL .
* installing to library ‘/usr/local/lib/R/site-library’
* installing *source* package ‘RcppKalman’ ...
** libs
ccache g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/include" -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/RcppArmadillo/include" -fpic -g -O3 -Wall -pipe -Wno-unused -pedantic -Werror -march=native -c RcppExports.cpp -o RcppExports.o
ccache g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/include" -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/RcppArmadillo/include" -fpic -g -O3 -Wall -pipe -Wno-unused -pedantic -Werror -march=native -c expmMat.cpp -o expmMat.o
ccache g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/include" -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/RcppArmadillo/include" -fpic -g -O3 -Wall -pipe -Wno-unused -pedantic -Werror -march=native -c kfpredict.cpp -o kfpredict.o
ccache g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/include" -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/RcppArmadillo/include" -fpic -g -O3 -Wall -pipe -Wno-unused -pedantic -Werror -march=native -c kfupdate.cpp -o kfupdate.o
ccache g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/include" -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/RcppArmadillo/include" -fpic -g -O3 -Wall -pipe -Wno-unused -pedantic -Werror -march=native -c ltidisc.cpp -o ltidisc.o
ccache g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/include" -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/RcppArmadillo/include" -fpic -g -O3 -Wall -pipe -Wno-unused -pedantic -Werror -march=native -c rtssmooth.cpp -o rtssmooth.o
ccache g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/include" -I"/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/RcppArmadillo/include" -fpic -g -O3 -Wall -pipe -Wno-unused -pedantic -Werror -march=native -c tfsmooth.cpp -o tfsmooth.o
g++ -Wl,-S -shared -L/usr/lib/R/lib -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -o RcppKalman.so RcppExports.o expmMat.o kfpredict.o kfupdate.o ltidisc.o rtssmooth.o tfsmooth.o -llapack -lblas -lgfortran -lm -lquadmath -L/usr/lib/R/lib -lR
installing to /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/RcppKalman/libs
** R
** demo
** inst
** preparing package for lazy loading
** help
*** installing help indices
** building package indices
** testing if installed package can be loaded
* DONE (RcppKalman)
edd#bud:~/git/rcppkalman(master)$
There is nothing else needed. Writing R Extensions says:
A package that wishes to make use of header files in other packages
needs to declare them as a comma-separated list in the field
'LinkingTo' in the 'DESCRIPTION' file. For example
LinkingTo: link1, link2
The 'LinkingTo' field can have a version requirement which is checked
at installation.
Specifying a package in 'LinkingTo' suffices if these are C++
headers containing source code or static linking is done at
installation: the packages do not need to be (and usually should not
be) listed in the 'Depends' or 'Imports' fields. This includes CRAN
package BH (https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=BH) and almost all
users of
RcppArmadillo (https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=RcppArmadillo) and
RcppEigen (https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=RcppEigen).
For another use of 'LinkingTo' see *note Linking to native routines
in other packages::.
and that is on point as can be seen from the (essentially empty) src/Makevars:
PKG_LIBS = $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)
which is the standard uses by RcppArmadillo to support the external linking for LAPACK and BLAS. Note that my package is a little behind as RcppArmadillo in its most recent release now uses this inst/skeleton/Makevars passes into every package created via RcppArmadillo.package.skeleton():
## optional
#CXX_STD = CXX11
PKG_CXXFLAGS = $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CXXFLAGS)
PKG_LIBS = $(SHLIB_OPENMP_CFLAGS) $(LAPACK_LIBS) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FLIBS)
to also support OpenMP where available. That is the current recommended form.
I edited my Makefile to include the following dark magic:
VARS_OLD := $(.VARIABLES)
$(foreach v, \
$(filter-out $(VARS_OLD) VARS_OLD,$(.VARIABLES)), \
$(info $(v) = $($(v))))
This prints out all of the environmental variables passed to the make process by R when you run R CMD build ..
Digging in this revealed some very interesting variables:
ALL_CPPFLAGS = -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I"/home/myuser/.R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.4/Rcpp/include"
CLINK_CPPFLAGS = -I"/home/myuser/.R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.4/Rcpp/include"
R_INCLUDE_DIR = /usr/share/R/include
Note that these variables contain the -I flag and, thus, must be communicated to any part of the build process that relies on those.
By passing these between makefiles I was able to achieve compilation.
I want to install Rcpp using install.packages("Rcpp"), but it failed.
The error message:
* installing *source* package ‘Rcpp’ ...
** package ‘Rcpp’ successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
** libs
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -I/usr/local/include -fpic -g -O2 -c Date.cpp -o Date.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -I/usr/local/include -fpic -g -O2 -c Module.cpp -o Module.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -I/usr/local/include -fpic -g -O2 -c Rcpp_init.cpp -o Rcpp_init.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -I/usr/local/include -fpic -g -O2 -c api.cpp -o api.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -I/usr/local/include -fpic -g -O2 -c attributes.cpp -o attributes.o
g++ -I/usr/local/lib64/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -I/usr/local/include -fpic -g -O2 -c barrier.cpp -o barrier.o
g++ -shared -L/usr/local/lib64 -o Rcpp.so Date.o Module.o Rcpp_init.o api.o attributes.o barrier.o
installing to /home/sethbrin/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.1/Rcpp/libs
** R
** inst
** preparing package for lazy loading
** help
*** installing help indices
** building package indices
** installing vignettes
** testing if installed package can be loaded
Error in dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...) :
unable to load shared object '/home/sethbrin/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.1/Rcpp/libs/Rcpp.so':
/home/sethbrin/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.1/Rcpp/libs/Rcpp.so: undefined symbol: _ZNSt15basic_streambufIcSt11char_traitsIcEE7seekoffExSt12_Ios_SeekdirSt13_Ios_Openmode
Error: loading failed
Execution halted
ERROR: loading failed
* removing ‘/home/sethbrin/R/x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu-library/3.1/Rcpp’
The downloaded source packages are in
‘/tmp/Rtmp6PKB8N/downloaded_packages’
Warning message:
In install.packages("Rcpp") :
installation of package ‘Rcpp’ had non-zero exit status
Then I use
c++fit _ZNSt15basic_streambufIcSt11char_traitsIcEE7seekoffExSt12_Ios_SeekdirSt13_Ios_Openmode
std::basic_streambuf<char, std::char_traits<char> >::seekoff(long long, std::_Ios_Seekdir, std::_Ios_Openmode)
I have searched for some solutions for that. It seems that it is because of the gcc version. But I don't know how to change the gcc version that R uses to compile Rcpp package.
CRAN tests Rcpp just like any other of the (by now) 6700+ package.
You can see the aggregate test report and the test setups includes two Fedora-based machines:
one fedora setup using clang and
one fedora setup using g++.
As such your problems are possibly local, or simply due to using an older setup. In which case the Archive section gives you access to an older version.
I've encountered a similar problem.
And after some searches, here are the solutions to alter the compiler:
1. If you have the root privilege:
I found that the Makeconf file in R directory actually sets all the information that is needed for compilation.
To find the path to it, echo which R in the command line.
e.g. I got like:
/data/apps/R/3.1.2/bin/R
And then the file is in:
/data/apps/R/3.1.2/lib64/R/etc/Makeconf
then sudo edit the file on line CC = XXX and maybe more relative lines.
Problem solved!
2. If you only have local user privilege.
Add your own configurations to ~/.R/Makevars
However, #Dirk is probably right.
For me, I finally solved my problem by adding -Doff_t=__off_t to CFLAGS (My problem was error: unknown type name 'off_t'). And I got the halted error when I manually altered parts of the compilers...
I am trying to install an R shiny server on my local Ubuntu 12.04 machine, and I followed the instructions here https://github.com/rstudio/shiny-server/wiki/Ubuntu-step-by-step-install-instructions:
When trying to do a:
install.packages('shiny', repos='http://cran.rstudio.com/')
It goes through the dependencies, but fails to install Rcpp. See error log below:
* installing *source* package 'Rcpp' ...
* package 'Rcpp' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
* libs
g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -fpic -O3 -pipe -g -c Date.cpp -o Date.o
g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -fpic -O3 -pipe -g -c Module.cpp -o Module.o
gcc -std=gnu99 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -fpic -O3 -pipe -g -c Rcpp_init.c -o Rcpp_init.o
g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -fpic -O3 -pipe -g -c Timer.cpp -o Timer.o
g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -fpic -O3 -pipe -g -c api.cpp -o api.o
g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -fpic -O3 -pipe -g -c attributes.cpp -o attributes.o
g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -fpic -O3 -pipe -g -c barrier.cpp -o barrier.o
g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I../inst/include/ -fpic -O3 -pipe -g -c exceptions.cpp -o exceptions.o
g++ -shared -o Rcpp.so Date.o Module.o Rcpp_init.o Timer.o api.o attributes.o barrier.o exceptions.o -L/usr/lib/R/lib -lR
g++ -o libRcpp.so Date.o Module.o Rcpp_init.o Timer.o api.o attributes.o barrier.o exceptions.o -shared -L/usr/lib/R/lib -lR
ar qc libRcpp.a Date.o Module.o Rcpp_init.o Timer.o api.o attributes.o barrier.o exceptions.o
cp libRcpp.so ../inst/lib
cp libRcpp.a ../inst/lib
rm libRcpp.so libRcpp.a
installing to /usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/libs
* R
* inst
* preparing package for lazy loading
Error : package 'codetools' was built before R 3.0.0: please re-install it
Error : unable to load R code in package 'Rcpp'
ERROR: lazy loading failed for package 'Rcpp'
* removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp'
* installing *source* package 'httpuv' ...
* package 'httpuv' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
* libs
g++ -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I./libuv/include -I./http-parser -I./sha1 -I./base64 -I"/usr/lib/R/site-library/Rcpp/include" -fpic -O3 -pipe -g -c RcppExports.cpp -o RcppExports.o
RcppExports.cpp:75:10: error: 'uint32_t' was not declared in this scope
RcppExports.cpp: In function 'SEXPREC* httpuv_run(SEXP)':
RcppExports.cpp:79:5: error: 'uint32_t' was not declared in this scope
RcppExports.cpp:79:14: error: expected ';' before 'timeoutMillis'
RcppExports.cpp:80:25: error: 'timeoutMillis' was not declared in this scope
RcppExports.cpp:80:38: error: 'run' cannot be used as a function
make: * [RcppExports.o] Error 1
ERROR: compilation failed for package 'httpuv'
* removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/httpuv'
ERROR: dependency 'httpuv' is not available for package 'shiny'
* removing '/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/shiny'
EDITED:
Manually downloading and installing Rcpp gives me:
sudo R CMD INSTALL Rcpp_0.10.6.tar.gz
Error : package 'codetools' was built before R 3.0.0: please re-install it
So I manually downloaded and installed codetools and re-tried Rcpp:
sudo R CMD INSTALL codetools_0.2-8.tar.gz
sudo R CMD INSTALL Rcpp_0.10.6.tar.gz
Then followed the instructions again from the Shiny webpage from "Install R" and "Install shiny" and got a similar error but now with caTools, bitops and xtable, so I did the manual installation of each of them. The shiny was installed correctly.
Then followed the next steps in the instructions.
Any ideas why I got this 'was built before R 3.0.0' errors?
Ubuntu 12.04 is a pre-R 3.0.0 release. You have to decide whether you want its long-term support and stability "as is", or if you want newer software.
You can mix and match. Read the CRAN Ubuntu README, adjust your apt settings and enjoy updated r-cran-* packages. With those you can then install shiny and its dependencies.
Manually downloading and installing Rcpp gives me:
sudo R CMD INSTALL Rcpp_0.10.6.tar.gz
Error : package 'codetools' was built before R 3.0.0: please re-install it
So I manually downloaded and installed codetools and re-tried Rcpp:
sudo R CMD INSTALL codetools_0.2-8.tar.gz
sudo R CMD INSTALL Rcpp_0.10.6.tar.gz
Then followed the instructions again from the Shiny webpage from "Install R" and "Install shiny" and got a similar error but now with caTools, bitops and xtable, so I did the manual installation of each of them. The shiny was installed correctly.
Then followed the next steps in the instructions. All went well from there. Not sure why I was getting these was built before 3.0.0 errors.